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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) BEDO (Thailand), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) H.T.Cheng, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Sam Hambly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Tommy Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Striped Snakehead

Channa striata

Worldwide
4,023 observations
Group
Fish
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About

Channa striata, the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead and snakehead murrel. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to some Pacific Islands (reports from Madagascar and Hawaii are misidentifications of C. maculata).

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